linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] console_print: change the function api to make it have printk style interface

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Message-ID: <DDFD17CC94A9BD49A82147DDF7D545C501EA9272@exchange.ZeugmaSystems.local>
Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:57:52 -0700
From:	"Anirban Sinha" <ASinha@...gmasystems.com>
To:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] console_print: change the function api to make it have printk style interface

>A macro is what others are generally doing.

Linus, 

I completely agree with you on both points. When I first saw this
interface, the first question that popped in my mind was "why is it even
here?" And the very next question I asked myself was "why is this isn't
a macro?" 

As far as I can see, except for arch/ia64/kernel/head.S, among the codes
that actually uses this interface, others are wrapped within #if 0 ...
#endif blocks. So effectively, this is not being used at all :)

Cheers,

Ani

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